I sat with a client the other day who was feeling anxious. He’d had a bad day at work and traffic was unusually heavy on his way to see...

A couple of recent clients have been feeling depressed despite the facts that Covid is now waning and that neither has lost work. Having...

As you might well imagine, people are struggling to deal emotionally as well as practically with yet another round of Covid. Omicron has...

You’re probably not surprised to hear that I’ve been seeing a number of clients who find the holidays stressful. For some, it’s the...

I've spoken before in this blog about the fear that news reports can provoke in us (July 7, 2017), and about the idea of cutting down on...

Many clients come to me to change a problem habit, such as smoking, nail-biting, or too much video gaming. They’d like me to hypnotize...

Judson Brewer’s recently released book, Unwinding Anxiety, demonstrates that anxiety is not a necessary reaction to life but instead a...

I’ve worked with many parents who feel guilty when, to nurture themselves, they take time away from their kids. If that’s your dilemma,...

I work with many clients who would like to find ways to relax without resorting to alcohol. Some have even made this their New Year’s...

I often find myself having to reassure clients that seeming “setbacks” in self-development are normal and even beneficial.

You can do this, “meditate” that is, is without scheduling time and sitting alone in a room in the lotus position. The way to do this is...

I read this morning that rates of anxiety and depression are up four-fold since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Many of us have seen the information circulating on the internet that we have 70,000+ thoughts per day and that most of them are negative...

As a hypnotherapist, I come across many people who put themselves last on the list when it comes to self-care.

We’re all enduring a terrible time in world history. Coronavirus has taken many lives, and we remain in the thick of the outbreak and...

When was the last time someone told you that you were too outspoken or not spontaneous enough, that your work product was insufficient...

It can be difficult to find the good in a bad-seeming situation. However, in many if not most cases, the unwanted situation has a positive..

...and as I often teach my clients, self-distancing is a useful strategy for finding relief from one’s own bad-feeling thoughts.

Inner ecology is way more important than any award or recognition. After all, one can be a person with numerous awards and still feel...

I’d like to recommend the following exercise in self-compassion from Greater Good Magazine for all those who struggle to tell themselves...